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Rachel Cooke is your guide to leadership and communication, helping you craft a workplace environment you can feel good about. She’ll share tips to help you balance your work and personal life, effectively invest your time, and be mindful about where you’re devoting your energy. Let Rachel help you navigate your path to success—however you define it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 questions to help us keep burnout at bay

8 mins; April 30, 2024

Leading with vulnerability with Jacob Morgan

44 mins; April 23, 2024

How to deal With a disappointing workplace

8 mins; April 16, 2024

How to solve an organizational problem that won’t go away

7 mins; April 09, 2024

How to lead up when the moment commands It

7 mins; April 02, 2024

Think Faster, Talk Smarter with Matt Abrahams

30 mins; March 26, 2024

What’s my job in leading change?

8 mins; March 19, 2024

How to be impactful in meetings

7 mins; March 12, 2024

How to roll out your idea without leadership support

6 mins; March 05, 2024

Communication misses we need to start hitting

8 mins; February 27, 2024

Managing difficult stakeholders at work

8 mins; February 20, 2024

Will it make the boat go faster?

6 mins; February 13, 2024

How to go from Great Gloom to Glow Up

8 mins; February 06, 2024

How to be invaluable at work with Lauren McGoodwin

30 mins; January 30, 2024

How to implement that leadership development

8 mins; January 23, 2024

Solving workplace conflict

8 mins; January 16, 2024

6 ways to make the most of your in-office days

6 mins; January 09, 2024

Resolution-free ways to kick off an amazing year

8 mins; January 02, 2024

How to Focus When the World Feels on Fire

7 mins; December 26, 2023

Build your year-end highlight reel

8 mins; December 19, 2023

Design Your Own Employee Experience for 2024

7 mins; December 12, 2023

Peer Learning and Development – Your Rocket Fuel for 2024

7 mins; December 05, 2023

Why Meetings Are Still Awful and How to Fix Them

6 mins; November 28, 2023

How to Communicate in a Hybrid World: Interview with Laura Fravel

28 mins; November 21, 2023

How to juggle when I have no choice

7 mins; November 14, 2023

How to navigate a season of layoffs

7 mins; November 07, 2023

Communicate to activate your team

7 mins; October 31, 2023

Your team needs a year-end review

6 mins; October 24, 2023

How to Prioritize Using ICE

7 mins; October 17, 2023

Move Fast and Fix Things with Frances Frei

38 mins; October 10, 2023

Golden circle your way to a winning Q4

8 mins; October 03, 2023

How to have meetings that shouldn’t have been emails

8 mins; September 26, 2023

How stinky fish drive great team conversations at work

8 mins; September 19, 2023

6 ways to influence without authority

7 mins; September 12, 2023

How to keep up when everything is changing

7 mins; September 05, 2023

How—and why—to be a great facilitator at work

7 mins; August 29, 2023

How to build better relationships at work

7 mins; August 22, 2023

How to stop secretly procrastinating

6 mins; August 15, 2023

How to stay positive-ish in tough times

8 mins; August 08, 2023

How to rally support for your big idea

7 mins; August 01, 2023

Is your team future-fit?

9 mins; July 25, 2023

How to climb out of overwhelm at work

8 mins; July 18, 2023

It’s time to expand how we’re thinking of connection

8 mins; July 11, 2023

How to have a great 1-1 conversation at work

8 mins; July 04, 2023

Do your goals need a mid-year refresh?

8 mins; June 27, 2023

Taylor Swift's lessons for workplace success

8 mins; June 20, 2023

What we’ve learned about hybrid work… so far

8 mins; June 13, 2023

Squelching the advice monster: an interview with Michael Bungay Stanier

40 mins; June 06, 2023

How to break the spin cycle at work

8 mins; May 30, 2023

Time to squelch invisible labor!

8 mins; May 23, 2023

From self-care to team care

8 mins; May 16, 2023

Can we talk about boreout?

8 mins; May 09, 2023

Should you go for that job?

8 mins; May 02, 2023

Who's in charge of workplace wellness?

8 mins; April 25, 2023

5 strategies for managing your manager

8 mins; April 18, 2023

4 questions to ask yourself when someone has disappointed you

7 mins; April 11, 2023

4 more “Refine” strategies for staying on purpose

6 mins; April 04, 2023

How to use "Refine" strategies to stay on purpose

7 mins; March 28, 2023

3 ways to fill your Thrive bucket at work

8 mins; March 21, 2023

How to finally have that dreaded conversation

9 mins; March 14, 2023

How to clarify roles and responsibilities

8 mins; March 07, 2023

How to lead above your noise

8 mins; February 28, 2023

How to care for your employee experience in a recession

8 mins; February 21, 2023

Bringing self-care to work with Rachel Kanarowski

31 mins; February 14, 2023

How to manage through a season of layoffs

9 mins; February 07, 2023

How to maximize your own learning and development

7 mins; January 31, 2023

4 principles for keeping talent engaged at work this year

7 mins; January 24, 2023

Four work lessons I’ve learned from my clients

8 mins; January 17, 2023

The power of self-awareness at work

7 mins; January 10, 2023

How asking “who” and “what” can help you find your “why”

7 mins; January 03, 2023

Is there any escape from the 40-hour workweek?

8 mins; December 27, 2022

How to be more strategic at work

7 mins; December 20, 2022

How to use LinkedIn like a pro

35 mins; December 13, 2022

Communication missteps to avoid in 2023

7 mins; December 06, 2022

What to do when virtues go wrong

7 mins; November 29, 2022

Turn Your Critics Into Fuel for Success

8 mins; November 21, 2022

The SIMPLE answers to common leadership questions

8 mins; November 14, 2022

How to dial up connection with Ryan Jenkins

33 mins; November 07, 2022

It’s time to rethink your “productivity”

8 mins; October 31, 2022

Why “lifelong learning” is more than a buzzword

9 mins; October 24, 2022

How to hustle your way with Cin Fabré

22 mins; October 17, 2022

Get the recognition you deserve at year-end

7 mins; October 11, 2022

How to take “employee experience” into your own hands

8 mins; October 03, 2022

Wisdom for job seekers with Job Coach Amy

29 mins; September 26, 2022

How to create more trust in the new world of work

9 mins; September 20, 2022

What to do about quiet quitting—if it’s even real

8 mins; September 12, 2022

How to stay cool through back to school

8 mins; September 06, 2022

The Future of Work with Naomi Titleman Colla

30 mins; August 29, 2022

How to be a great (new!) leader

8 mins; August 23, 2022

How to focus when the world feels on fire

7 mins; August 16, 2022

What can I do if layoffs are coming?

7 mins; August 08, 2022

Why the buddy system works... at work

7 mins; August 02, 2022

Why vulnerability is a misunderstood superpower

10 mins; July 25, 2022

How to have a hard conversation

8 mins; July 18, 2022

How to overcome common workplace fears

7 mins; July 12, 2022

How to create your own luck

8 mins; July 05, 2022

How to explain a gap in your résumé

8 mins; June 28, 2022

How to be more connected at work

7 mins; June 21, 2022

How to be better at failure

6 mins; June 14, 2022

How to delegate well—even if you're not a leader

8 mins; June 07, 2022

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